Surah Al-Ahqaf Ayah 24

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فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ عَارِضٗا مُّسۡتَقۡبِلَ أَوۡدِيَتِهِمۡ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا عَارِضٞ مُّمۡطِرُنَاۚ بَلۡ هُوَ مَا ٱسۡتَعۡجَلۡتُم بِهِۦۖ رِيحٞ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢٤

Falammā raʾawhu ʿāriḍam mustaqbila awdiyatihim qālū hādhā ʿāriḍum mumṭirunā, bal huwa mastaʿjaltum bih, rīḥun fīhā ʿadhābun alīm.

And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient:1 a wind, within it a painful punishment,

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. When you challenged your prophet. See verse 22 of this sūrah.

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Word by word18 words

  • فَلَمَّاThen when
  • رَأَوۡهُthey saw it
  • عَارِضٗا(as) a cloud
  • مُّسۡتَقۡبِلَapproaching
  • أَوۡدِيَتِهِمۡtheir valleys
  • قَالُواْthey said
  • هَٰذَاThis
  • عَارِضٞ(is) a cloud
  • مُّمۡطِرُنَاۚbringing us rain
  • بَلۡNay
  • هُوَit
  • مَا(is) what
  • ٱسۡتَعۡجَلۡتُمyou were asking it to be hastened
  • بِهِۦۖyou were asking it to be hastened
  • رِيحٞa wind
  • فِيهَاin it
  • عَذَابٌ(is) a punishment
  • أَلِيمٞpainful

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The Wind-Curved Sandhills · Meccan · 35 ayahs

Juz
26
Page
505
Hizb
51